Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	catholic_n	church_n	communion_n	2,927	5	9.4030	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67270	Baptismōn didachē, the doctrine of baptisms, or, A discourse of dipping and sprinkling wherein is shewed the lawfulness of other ways of baptization, besides that of a total immersion, and objections against it answered / by William Walker ...	Walker, William, 1623-1684.	1678 (1678)	Wing W417; ESTC R39415	264,191	320

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〈◊〉_d d._n chrys_n in_o ep_v ad_fw-la eph._n ed._n savil._n p._n 823._o heresy_n according_a to_o st._n chrysostom_n as_o ill_o as_o eccles_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diony_n ap_fw-mi euseb_n l._n 6._o c._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pejus_fw-la hoc_fw-la crimen_fw-la est_fw-la quàm_fw-la quod_fw-la admisisset_fw-la lapsi_fw-la videntur_fw-la d._n cypr._n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la eccles_n idolatry_n and_o 25._o and_o quod_fw-la in_o sacrilegos_fw-la &_o parricidam_fw-la non_fw-la fecerat_fw-la in_fw-la schismaticis_fw-la fecit_fw-la optat._n l._n 1._o p._n 25._o sacrilege_n according_a to_o dionysius_n cyprian_n and_o optatus_n which_o be_v 5._o be_v apparet_fw-la antichristos_fw-la omnes_fw-la esse_fw-la quos_fw-la constet_fw-la à_fw-la charitate_fw-la atque_fw-la ab_fw-la unitate_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la recessisse_fw-la optat._n l._n 1._o p._n 25._o ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la separatus_fw-la haereticus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o antichristus_fw-la prosper_n de_fw-fr prom._n &_o praed_n implend_v c._n 5._o antichristianism_n and_o smyrn_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d d._n ignat._v ep_v ad_fw-la smyrn_n devil-worshipping_a according_a to_o optatus_n prosper_n and_o st._n ignatius_n a_o crime_n so_o great_a 2._o great_a non_fw-la esse_fw-la quicquam_fw-la gravius_fw-la sacril_n gio_fw-la schismatis_fw-la s._n aug._n contr_n parmen_fw-la l._n 2._o 2._o as_o scarce_o have_v any_o great_a than_o itself_o according_a to_o st._n aug._n not_o expiable_a even_o by_o collect_v by_o tale_n etsi_fw-la occisi_fw-la in_o confession_n nominis_fw-la fuerint_fw-la macula_fw-la ista_fw-la nec_fw-la sanguine_fw-la abluitur_fw-la inexpiabilis_fw-la &_o gravis_fw-la culpa_fw-la discordiae_fw-la nec_fw-la passione_n purgatur_fw-la d._n cyprian_n de_fw-fr unit_fw-la eccles_n see_v dr._n ham._n of_o schism_n c._n 1._o s_o 6._o where_o these_o and_o several_a more_o sentence_n out_o of_o the_o father_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n be_v collect_v martyrdom_n to_o he_o that_o continue_v 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